Top Medical Stories: Novel Aphasia Treatment, Hypertension Meds, ED Boarding Concerns

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TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso, look at the top medical stories of the week.

This week's topics include a novel way to help aphasia post-stroke, a new type of hypertension medicine, emergency department (ED) boarding in older adults, and substandard chemotherapy drugs.

Program notes:

0:40 A novel way to help aphasia after a stroke

1:40 C7 nerve ligation

2:42 Somatosensory function versus speech processing

3:36 Substandard anticancer medications

4:40 Tested many using HPLC

5:40 Alarming that one in six is impacted

6:40 Paying out of pocket

7:38 New type of medicine for treatment-resistant hypertensionopens in a new tab or window

8:38 Need to follow electrolytes

9:00 ED boarding for elderly

10:00 Length of stay increased

11:00 Elderly more likely to suffer complications

12:00 CMS program for all inclusive care for elderly

12:49 End